I had some personal business I needed to conduct in the next state over. It was a good excuse to get out of the house and see how the world beyond my local area was doing. The trip was 300+ miles, round-trip, mostly all interstates and toll routes. Started out early in the morning and didn't get home until after 10PM. The first thing that struck me? The number of 18-wheelers on the rode.
On the drive to my destination there was a definite lack of passenger vehicles -- nowhere near what you'd normally expect to see. I suspect that's because those who can are still working from home and a lot of people are not travelling on vacation. Most of the traffic I encountered was due to trucks. There are trucks EVERYWHERE. I saw multiple Amazon trucks, Aldi food trucks, a truck loaded with crates of apples, trucks transporting gasoline, even a truck loaded down with a shipment of plywood. There was definitely no lack of trucks on the highways.
I must admit to being surprised, as we're being led to believe that there are shortages of goods, truckers who are losing out because they're not jabbed, not enough truckers available to haul, etc., etc.
As surprising as all of this was, I was even more stunned on the drive home. The highways were teeming with trucks. At night, they're about the only thing on the road -- encountered very few passenger cars. When it got late, the rest stops were packed with truckers laying over for the night. Trucks were parked in every possible parking spot and every available space. Even saw truckers pulled off along the sides of the roads for the night.
I don't know what was in all of these trucks, but there's definitely stuff being transported somewhere. So where is it all going and what are they doing with it? In my area, I'm already having problems finding things in the stores and seeing empty shelves. Things are getting curiouser and curiouser, frens.
Every been to a Wal-Mart distribution center? I did some refer. Work at one and its enormous the cold/freezer area was bigger then a few super Wal-Mart's together this was 16-17 yrs ago..
Having worked at a port, I can guarantee you they're not holding onto goods. At least not shipping containers. If someone comes in to pick up a load they give it to them, as long as the paperwork is in order and they've paid for the shipping. It's possible Customs or the USDA has a bunch of stuff on hold. But "the port" would not just let containers pile up for no reason. Edit to add: saw a comment below about the port workers being slow to unload the ships. That's definitely a possibility, especially if they're in contract negotiations. Quite possible longshore unions are connected to the deep state.
Might wanna check the latest port fiasco. Ships are in abnormally large hold queues at all major entry ports.
Check this out
I haven't lived near any ports for the last few years. I did just add a comment that it's possible the longshore workers are staging a slow-down.
I agree. I've given up trying to make sense of it.
There is a war going on under the surface. Apparently it is the best interest of both sides to keep the war hidden.
And so it is like we are living in Plato's Cave
My high school English teacher was right: It all does, in fact, go back to the Allegory of the Cave.
Watch Mark Passio's presentation on The Matrix Trilogy occult symbolism:
https://youtu.be/AaDqNDLpZa8
Well said
Truckers, truckers, everywhere, but shelves they show a gap, Truckers, truckers, everywhere, the sheeple take their nap.
Just out of curiosity... no fans of Coleridge? Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner? My couplet was modeled after one of the most famous couplets of all time, and I am agreeing with and building on the OP's statement. So I am mighty curious about the downvotes. Not bothered by them... just curious.
That passage is one of my favorite of all time . . .
all in a hot and copper sky, the bloody sun at noon, right above the mast did stand, no bigger than the moon
day after day, day after day, we stuck, nor breath nor motion, as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean
water water everywhere and all the boards did shrink, water water everywhere nor any drop to drink
Wonderful! A fellow English/Literature major, perhaps? This brings back an amazing memory: my youngest was a senior in high school a couple years ago, and she competed in speech in the poetry event. She performed the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner... it brought goosebumps to my skin watching and listening to her. Thanks for sharing the quote.
Side note on Coleridge... he was a laudanum addict and frequently wrote his poems following a "dream" from his trips. It is said that when he wrote Xanadu that someone woke him up toward the end of his dream and he could not recapture how it ended, so what we read as Xanadu today is really a truncated piece of the intended work.
Most of the Romantics Era artists (poets like Coleridge, musicians like Berlioz, etc.) were massively stoned when creating. Also the days of the Opium dens, etc.
Ah, more interesting-but-useless information to clutter up my brain. My family refuses to play Trivial Pursuit with me, and I occasionally get an intellectual rush when I can get the Final Jeopardy answer and none of the contestants can. SCORE!!
We need GAW team for national quiz bowl
😂 Me too.
That’s awesome! I’m not good at this subject. I always felt so dumb when jeopardy was on. I’m very good at history & geography. I don’t try, just like others that love a subject, it comes naturally. My husband & I were watching a military movie the other day. I had missed a scene that showed the location while I stepped out of the kitchen. I said, “that looks like Istanbul”. He starts shaking his head & told me it was on the screen when I was in the kitchen. I honestly don’t know how I knew it. I haven’t studied Istanbul. I do read a lot and watch a lot of historical documentaries.
Yes! And TNBanjoMan alluded to the poem Kubla Khan, which I thought was fascinating... the idea of composing so many lines while in a drugged creative stupor. I wrote a short story about that incident, where I invented a character who interrupted Coleridge to talk about his accounts in town, preventing the poem from being completed.
Sounds interesting. Would love to read it.
Damn whoever woke him. I need to know the ending!!!
not an English major but I did memorize that passage in high school and did a bit of poetry reading in competitions : )
I wish I could have done that in school. I don't have the capacity to memorize thngs, though. It gave me so much joy to see my kiddos do it...they inherited their mother's genes in the memorization department.
Coleridge was fine. People may not be exposed to the classics anymore, though.
Truth. And, it's really too bad--the Rhyme... what an amazing piece of work. When my kids were younger (they're out of the house, now) I would read that to them once every few years, and it resulted in many wonderful conversations that changed as their maturity evolved.
I also read Tolkien's works and the Harry Potter series out loud, too, so I don't want to come across as stodgy!
Tolkien... my favorite. For me the Silmarilion was like an epic history book, similar to the Old Testament of the Bible. The LOTR and The Hobbit were sort of like the New Testament, in the sense that they gave you an opportunity get close and personal to the story.
Okay, not Q related (none of this is) but... fav character? I know... such a middle school question. For me, it has changed as I ave aged... today it is Samwise. The loyalty, perseverance, friendship, love and devotion that he demonstrated to Frodo are the inspiring characteristics that help me endure daily what we are all battling against, because we do it for those we love. I guess this does have a bit to do with Q and the plan.
I like that... the Maiar were an anchor. Certainly the most intriguing. I am curious... did you ever play Middle-earth Role Playing? (One of the drawbacks of this site is that you can't connect directly with someone who has similar interests)
No down-votes from me, Pede. I'm a HUGE fan of [lol] repurposeing poetry and song lyrics - or their meters, just for fun or even for more serious revelations.
Just for fun: "Nasa's building our Planet's ring of tires." [Johnny & June] (the way to re-use all of those discarded tires - and create a tourist attraction for visiting aliens).
And your "paraphrase"(?) of "The Rhyme..." has an excellent purpose as well as a humorous take. GOOD ON YA! More please!
I appreciate it. My wife's a huge JC fan (Johnny, AND Jesus, for that matter, lol).
So about your post... I have noticed a shit-ton of trucks, too, way more than usual. I frequently drive I-80 between Cheyenne and Chicago. I see exactly what you described. A huge uptick. And yet there are the coastal shipping yards jammed up with unloaded ships. One thing I have also noticed, though, is that there have not been as many trains in my neck of the woods. I wonder... is it possible that rail freight has become too expensive, or is being choked down for a reason, thus resulting in a lot more trucking?
Sorry, changeagent. I can't take credit for the original post. That is due - with all respect - to our dear Pede "LoneWulf". But I do have a theory related to the train/highway traffic differences.
With MAD respect for our Truckers, the increase in truck traffic is a globalist effort to make the highways more dangerous for us all; indeed, the train shipping is being held back to create shortages and to re-direct the loads onto the roads (pun intended). Betcha Warren Buffet (also a railroad guy) is cooperating major big-time. I think that even the derailing in Montana was "intended".
As always, NOW is the time for prayer! God has GOT this! No, I don't understand how prayer works and I don't understand why it's even necessary (He already knows, right?). HOWEVER, in prayer, we are working WITH The Lord God Almighty. For real? YES! Heart to heart with THE ONE ETERNAL! PRAY with rejoicing and with expectation of GOODNESS! JESUS. NEVER. FAILS!
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE!
Amen to that. Prayer is also a demonstration of your free will that you have chosen to invite God into your life. I am renewed when I pray. Thanks for being here, too.
I like Coleridge. Not so big a fan of Wordsworth. Did not like my Romantics Professor as he had me blacklisted in the 80s for not “knowing my place” in University. I got him fired. Long story. Coleridge is great, though.
Sounds like a story worth hearing.
Wordsworth... he was actually my favorite, particularly because of "Tintern Abbey" (that's the abbreviated title). I once had the opportunity to visit those ruins. Spectacular is a word that hardly does justice to that amazing place.
It's funny how a teacher can make/break something for you. Except for math. Math just broke me.
It did for me, too, in high school. So, I went back to high school post university to conquer my math “deficiencies”. My teacher ended up being someone I had known in university. (It was weird having a teacher that you had held her hair while she was puking drunk. We didn’t let on that we knew each other, though. We inquired as to conflicts of interest). She knew how to teach math though! At least to my way of learning. Not only did I ace the tests, I was able to understand the whys and wherefores of what I was doing. I started doing math problems for fun. Became a bit of a math geek for awhile. So, you are SO right. The teacher can make or break it. Wow, that was a LONG time ago. Even more of a shame now, with so many teachers just there to seemingly corrupt and belittle kids. Not all, but a fair number.
What a great history and experience... and a lesson to pass on to others. I eventually conquered math, too. What I shared with my kids is that something may no click or resonate with you today, and that's okay. And it may never,and that's okay, too. Butit's not because you're dumb! It's because how you're wired to perceive and think is not a good match for this content (whatever it is), but maybe someday you'll be ready to learn it.
Don't know where you're looking but here in Texas our roads are filled with people, cars trucks and motorcycles going where they wish to go, all hours.
But then we never really locked down, we go to Grand Kids' ball games and to the casinos in Louisiana, to the beach and to the hill country to float the river. We go visit Family and Frens, we go out to eat, we go shopping, we go everywhere we wish to go, same as always.
Yes there are truckers out working but many stores still suffer empty shelves, things such as red meats are becoming scarcer, hard to find RC Cola, many supplies are harder to find, quality of 'things' is eroding too.
Onliest thing really in plentiful supply is inflation.
But we gots traffic on the roads, yes we do.
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I love that RC is in shortage ... we really have stuck to showing Coke we aren't messing around. I couldn't get RC yesterday so I didn't get Cola. Just Squirt and A&W.
Stop buying soda at all. All that sugar is probably worse poison than alcohol.
If you absolutely have to have something besides water or must have something sweet, try water enhancers. Those little Mio things and their generic versions got me off soda completely. Probably cut 3000 calories out of my diet per week.
Lost a ton of weight, too.
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My wife and I took a road trip week before last, of a similar distance, from east Tennessee to well beyond Nashville. During that time we stopped at gas stations, ate in restaurants, visited the Franklin, TN, civil war battle area, hiked in a state park, and drove back. What struck me was how open everything was... no mask requirements, people going about living their lives, it was quite refreshing. But Tennessee is a red state, so we don't have state-issued mandates, although a few local Kommisars have tasted power and are trying to mandate everything. But most of us aren't buying what they're selling.
Funny you should mention this. I went to three different used bookstores (same company) on my trip yesterday. Two of them I walked in maskless and no problems. Most customers I saw were maskless.
The third store, which was large, had very few customers. It also had a mask Nazi in it and told me their COUNTY had a mask mandate that had been in effect for two freaking months. He insisted I wear a mask. He lost my business, as I immediately walked out empty-handed. I guess that's why this particular store had almost no customers.
Your comment reminds me of the awesome road trip my wife and I took around July 4 this year, traveling from our despised home deep in the heart of the People's Republic of Northern VA, to the refreshing natural beauty, hospitality and FREEDOM of Gatlinburg and Nashville, TN. We'd never been to either city and had SUCH a good time...most especially because we encountered dozens and dozens of happier, more well adjusted folks in TN than we have in 30 years of living in the miserable DC suburbs. We're getting ready to fix that unfortunate situation, for good.
Having lived here all my life, except for a 4-year stint in the USMC, and I consider this God's country.
You are a blessed and lucky man -- and thank you for your service to our country. And TN has earned a spot on our small list of retirement spots. :) We can't wait to get back for a visit!
I thank God every day for such blessings.
I’m your neighbor in North Carolina, sadly a state with a blue governor. I don’t know what our state is, I’ve heard he’s crooked. Hell he could have stolen the election for all we know. We are wide open. The majority of people don’t wear mask. I’m an hour east of Raleigh & traffic is just as bad as it ever was. I was just saying to my husband the other week. I wonder if the masked think we are vaxxed because we don’t mask. He said they probably think we are crazy 😜 All the stores have gone back making their employees wear mask. It’s so stupid! Under the nose🤷🏻♀️
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They still need people to stock the shelves and are having a hard time finding workers.
Well, I thought the same thing about truck shipments and I found out yesterday that doesn't appear to be true. Are we sure that they really are short of workers and aren't gaslighting us on this, too?
Just wondering...
There's definitely ships sitting in California waiting to be unloaded at the warehouses.
Anyone remember all the aid that POTUS sent to the Caribbean? The DS kept it in warehouses, While they blamed him.
I believe these shipments you're seeing aren't coming to us.
The company I work for produces things in China. Our products have been sitting at the port in California for months, waiting for workers to pull the containers and put them on trucks to send across the country to us on the east coast. This is true for virtually every company expecting goods to arrive in CA from overseas. Backed up for weeks, if not months. People have already started saying your Christmas gifts might be late.
They will mostly be on a train.
Abuse with commodity trading & transport is nothing new. From 2013:
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/goldmans-alleged-aluminum-scam-2013-7
They truck the stuff around in perpetuity for no reason because its more profitable for them to do this.. and in doing so they fuck everyone who depends on the metal for their operations.
The trucks are probably filled illegal aliens and not products. No wonder there's nothing on the store shelves. They're being shipped into the heart of the country in the dead of night.
This!!! Boom 🤯 💥
Lots of AG truck movement during harvest in my parts
Stocking up for a period of martial law?
In total, Q made 4,953 intel drops. In them, Q said 67 separate times to "enjoy the show".
Worth remembering that, I think.
We just went on a trip through Iowa to South Dakota - I have to say there were LOTS of passenger cars on the road, along with campers and motor homes, AND LOTS and LOTS of semi trucks!! I'm so happy to see people out and about! God Bless!!
Probably still stockpiling supplies at DUMBS . . .
lol there are no US truckers missing out on work due to being unvaccinated. a close family member is a driver and he confirms that he has so far not heard of a single big name carrier that is requiring these fake vaccines, small time carriers either.
In fact, just as has been the case for about a decade or so, the trucking industry is in need of drivers and is lowering the bar constantly for new comers. Said family member hauls a lot for grocery chains and also confirms there has been no real shortages that he’s seen but LOTS of warehouses much fuller than usual. Make of that what you will.
(it’s all a scam)
In July I took a cross country trip in my motorhome with my family. (not quite as we stayed away from California) other then Indian reservation it was almost like covid never happened.
You don't mention where you are, but we regularly make the drive between northern VA and western PA (220ish miles one way, through MD and PA), and the last several months both passenger vehicle and truck traffic have been to pre covid levels. I miss the months when it was an easy smooth drive!
How are rates on the PA turnpike nowadays? I haven't been on it in years. Our trip was $5.50 one-way back in the 90s, was shocked that the same trip was over $20 last time I went that way...
Pit to Breezewood is $15. We don't go further east on turnpike. I guess all the way to Philly would probably be close to $30.
I just checked, 161-Breezewood to 28-Cranberry (this used to be Exit 3) is now $33.70 since I refuse to put an EZ-Pass on any of my vehicles. It was $5.50 back in the early 90's - there is your Inflation Index right there.
The road certainly hasn't gotten much better since then... I still choose I-68 to I-79 for free instead...
The DS trialed this concept at the beginning of the Covid shutdowns.... then it was toilet paper......
The DS are now looking to control or at the least significantly influence supply and purchase....
WWG1WGA
Sounds like Atlanta. Still wall-to-wall trucks, all day, all night. Almost no passenger cars. The few that are on the road are absolutely swallowed up by these trucks.
Now, OP... Imagine all of the trouble you would have saved yourself had you not purchased a television nor a device that connects to the internet.. Mental conditioning is a hell of a drug.
I can’t believe you mentioned that because I drove last Sunday about an hour and a half away. Going wasn’t too bad.. Sort of busy for a Sunday but going home was crazy. It was around 6:00/7:00pm and there were so many trucks on the turnpike that traffic looked liked a Monday. I commented to my Mom that I’ve never seen this much traffic on a Sunday on this road. Something’s going on.
There must be some sort of distribution agenda because none of it makes sense. In my location grocery stores are low on dairy, the fast food places have taken milk & shakes off the menu due to the dairy shortage. I live in prime dairy country. One of my kids works in a Dollar General. They've had an ice shortage since beginning of summer. Right now theres a coffee filter shortage. No shit. lol. Why? It's always something.
Ice shortage? How does one have an ice shortage?
No clue, lol. Seems it has to do with delivery availability, though. I never realized people bought so much bagged ice, but it's a major problem for them. They fill their bin about once a month and the rest of the time customers are raging at them for not having any.
It's not like the recipe is secret, kek!
I was just talking with my wife the other day how absolutely PACKED the store was with goods. Every shelf was full to the max. (Safeway - Tacoma)
I've talked to a few people in different states and going by my own experience in my own state, I'm not seeing any shortages or empty shelves, to be quite honest. It seems like a narrative that's being spread to freak people out.
It must depend on where you live. At the beginning of the pandemic, our store shelves were bare of a lot of items. A few months later, things were pretty much back to normal. Then, starting about a month ago, I started noticing large gaps on the shelves again where products were missing.
I haven't seen any shortages where I am. Starting to think this is another attempt to create panic buying.
Then either the truckers are skipping Ohio or the stores here in Ohio are holding onto the merchandise and not putting them up on the shelves.
The stores here still don't have their shelves full of groceries for the last 3 months. I thought it was just one store, but nope, it's almost all of the stores here in this town. I even went to the local Mom and Pop grocery store and they're having the same issues.
I just traveled this past weekend. North GA to Nashville. Tons of 18 wheelers. I also thought there were a lot of passenger cars on the roads too.
I believe this is the truth of the situation.
There is plenty of trucking capacity, but demand exceeds supply.
The things that only make sense to ship when shipping prices are low (which unfortunately includes most consumer products) are being held back to make room for the things that still make sense to ship even when shipping costs are high.
We consumers don't realize but all of our spending together isn't very much. Most of what our economy is doing is building and supplying things that we are barely aware even exists, things that happen in the background and behind the scenes. IE, the corn that humans eat vs. the corn that is used for ethanol and for livestock don't even compare.
I think we are making up for all the lost time due to the COVID nonsense, and in a few years, things will be back to normal, in that there will be plenty of supply and no longer any excess demand.
The best part is China will likely no longer factor into a lot of equations. More domestic manufacturing means more demand for local shipping.
I drive cross country fairly regularly. During the beginning of Covid, just about the only vehicles in the road were trucks. I will say, last month or so I’ve noticed a major uptick in the amount of truckers more in the NE area. I’ve also noticed that the shelves seem to be getting emptier. I know in my area, they can’t find people to work.
Depends on where you're headed . . . I never stopped traveling, and I've seen plenty of passenger vehicles. This includes CA, WA, FL and San Diego via eastern LA to Vegas. But now that you mention it, the truck traffic does seem to be heavier than normal.
You'll also find that, generally speaking, the further west you go, the more common sense people have, until you hit the California border.